Italian
282 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Bass Coast, Victoria
Which languages are spoken in Bass Coast?
The 2021 Census found 1,700 people in Bass Coast speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Italian is the largest group. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 40,710
- Speak another language
- 1,700
- Languages at home
- 64
- Change since 2016
- +37.8%
Which languages are heard at home in Bass Coast?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Italian, Greek and Spanish.
How far is Bass Coast from the City of Melbourne on languages?
In the City of Melbourne, a language other than English is at least twice as common. In the Victoria table, Bass Coast is 50th of 79.
- Bass Coast
- 4.2%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How even is Bass Coast from suburb to suburb?
No suburb stands far apart; Cowes is highest and Rhyll lowest.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Smiths BeachLed by French7%23
- CowesLed by Italian7%443
- Surf Beach (Vic.)Led by Auslan6%41
- San Remo (Vic.)Led by Thai6%93
- Wimbledon HeightsLed by Japanese5%23
- North WonthaggiLed by Malayalam5%170
- South DudleyLed by Dutch5%19
- Coronet BayLed by Greek4%49
- NewhavenLed by Mandarin4%20
- Sunset Strip (Vic.)Led by Macedonian4%23
- Corinella (Vic.)Led by Polish4%43
- WonthaggiLed by Italian4%223
- KilcundaLed by German4%30
- GrantvilleLed by Greek4%45
- InverlochLed by Italian4%225
- Cape PatersonLed by Italian4%48
- Cape WoolamaiLed by Italian3%76
- DalystonLed by Spanish3%22
- The GurdiesLed by Italian3%14
- WoolamaiLed by Greek2%6
- Ventnor (Vic.)Led by Greek2%19
- Sunderland BayLed by Mandarin2%7
- AlmurtaLed by Greek2%5
- Lance CreekLed by Cantonese2%3
- Tenby PointLed by Italian1%7
- RhyllLed by Italian1%13
- SilverleavesLed by Japanese1%4
- Pioneer BayLed by Italian1%3
- RyanstonLed by Thai1%3
- Kongwak0%0
- Bass0%0
- Summerlands0%0
- 32 suburbs in Bass Coast. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
4.2% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 2,727 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 10.9%; among respondents alone it's 4.5%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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